How to make: Upcycled Bedside Table – Pirate Themed

Since moving Harry into a single bed one of the things his room had been lacking was a bedside table, somewhere to put his milk, night light and book after lights out.

I was gifted a plain white bedside table from my best friend as she has getting rid of it, it had been pine originally but she painted white – a perfect size for Harry’s small bedroom but in need of a little TLC.

To tie it into his Pirate themed bedroom I have given it a mini make-over and upcycled this bedside table with a Pirate theme:

Pirate wall paper – I purchased a roll of this for £9 and will be using for other projects

PVA glue

Sticky Back Plastic

2 x Paint Brushes

Masking Tape

Scissors

How to:

Firstly remove the drawers and unscrew the drawer handles

Sand down any rough edges and lightly sand down the top of the unit and the fronts of the drawers

Using masking tape, tape around the areas you don’t want to get your coloured paint onto – this isn’t necessary if you are painting all one colour – I wanted to leave a white border so took a little extra time to cover those

Paint the sides and drawer handles with your coloured paint – I also painted the wood showing below the drawers

While this is drying, cut the wrapping paper to fit the front of the drawers and the unit top.

Cover the top of the unit with a thin layer of PVA glue (if you use too much glue it will seep out of the sides when you smooth down and become bumpy), slowly smooth the wallpaper into place. I found using a clean cloth a perfect way to secure into place, smooth out the bumps and avoid any marks on the paper

Do the same with the fronts of the drawers

Leave to dry for a few hours

Cover the wallpaper in sticky back plastic (you could varnish instead), this will help to prolong the life of the paper and you will be able to wipe down the unit – handy for sticky fingers and marks

One thought on “How to make: Upcycled Bedside Table – Pirate Themed”

I love what you have created here Clare, it is such a professional looking job and would have cost you so much to go out and buy. the Sticky back plastic is a genius idea to keep the wallpaper clean for longer. I hope Harry is pleased with his new addition to the room. Thank you so much for sharing with me over on #Trash2Treasure

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Hi, I'm Clare (Emmy's Mummy). I live in Essex with my husband Paul, Daughter Emmy (born February 2010) and Son Harry (born October 2012), our dog Barney.
I'm a 30-something WAHM and former Nanny, sharing life's adventures and misadventures
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